Hi,

Hawkflyer, in relation to your particular problem an inflight mixture control would not have been any help. There are very few DF flyers in Australia running inflight mixture controls. They were popular a few years back when everyone wanted to go 200mph+ and wanted to screw every last bit of speed out of the aircraft. My suggestion would be to get rid of the fuel filter as any slight obstruction will cause a lean run with consequential damage. I filter my fuel through the pickup in the fuel container, again just befor it enters the pump and a third time after the pump. I have always run pitot pressure in a Ramtec fan and have flown from all different surfaces and have never had a problem.
Tim, personaly I would stick with the standard OS remote needle. I have seen guys have far more trouble tuning with the BVM needle than most with the OS.

regards,

Russell.